Commit to equity for women researchers

Names of researchers who commit fraud may be disclosed.

1120 CMAJ, October 20, 2015, 187(15) ©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors The Canadian panel that promotes and oversees research integrity is considering increasing transparency by publishing — or having the relevant funding agency disclose — the names and institutional affiliations of researchers who commit serious breaches of ethics. The Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research, launche...

Towards Equity in Health: Researchers Take Stock

For the 2016 end-of-the-year editorial, the PLOS Medicine editors asked 7 global health leaders to discuss developments relevant to the equitable provision of medical care to all populations. The result is a collection of expert views on ethical trial design, research during outbreaks, high-burden infectious diseases, diversity in research and protection of migrants.

TO COMMIT or NOT TO COMMIT ?

Why women are less likely than men to commit suicide.

Major depression forms the background of upwards of half of all suicides. Women are twice as likely as men to experience major depression, yet women are one fourth as likely as men to take their own lives. Current and past explanations of this paradox are built on androcentric assumptions that women are deficient in some way. The reverse may be true where suicide is concerned. Men value indepen...

Young women who commit intimate partner violence.

BACKGROUND Only limited research has been undertaken on women who commit intimate partner violence (IPV). In this study I investigate how the abusive behaviour of young women towards their partners is correlated with characteristics of the relationship and with aggressiveness more generally. Furthermore, I investigate the assumption that the violence is mostly motivated by self-defence. MATER...